Sectional connecting-clip.



No. 734,275. PATENTED JULY 21,'1903. W. O. LYON. SEGTIONAL CONNECTINGCLIP.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, 1902.

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UNi'rED STATES Patented July 21, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WALLACE G. LYON, OF HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 734,27 5, dated July21, 1903.

Implication filed October 20, 1902. Serial No. 128,040. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \NALLACE C. LYON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hyattsville, in the county of Prince George and State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SectionalOonnecting-Clips; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inconnecting-clips for flanged shapes, such as are adapted especially foruse in connection with, metallic framework in buildings of fireproofconstruction.

The invention has for its object the provision of a simple, inexpensive,and practical sectional oonnecting-clip, the construction of which issuch as to adapt it to be readily attached to a flanged shape after thesame has been secured in place, connecting it to another flanged shape,and which will serve to securely lock and retain them in position, thesections of the clip being automatically interlocked and held againstpossible lateral separation or displacement. The construction ofconnecting-clips heretofore commonly used in theconstruction of metallicframework of buildings has been such as to necessitate the clip beingstrung or threaded over the flanged portion of the shape upon which itis to be used before the shape has been placed in position; and theessential object of the present invention resides in the peculiarconstruction of my sectional clip, which adapts it to be readilyattached to a flanged shape after the same has been secured in place inthe framework of a building and in the provision of means whereby. thesections coinposing the clip are automatically and securely locked inplace, all as hereinafter more fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appendedclaims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisapplication, like letters of reference sections of the clip being shownas attached to a T shape, the sections of the clip being shown asseparated to receive the base J of an I-beam G. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveView of one of the sections of the clip, the position of the T shapebeing indicated in dotted lines; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of thesections of the clip, the same being shown in the sleeved position onthe'T shape, which it assumes when being attached to the T shape readyto be revolved around a center between the diagonally 4 disposed lugs togrip the flange of the T shape and bring this section into position tointerlock the other section, as indicated in dotted lines.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the clip, which is composed of the two sections B and C.These opposing sections of the clip are in every respect similar inform, each consisting of a. body portion B, substantially rectangular inform and having an extension 13*, the outer edge of which extension iscoincident with the outer longitudinal edge of the body portion, and itsopposite or inner edge is provided with a series of notches B D is a lugwhich is struck upward from the body portion ofthe clip-section, saidlug being inclined upward and inward to engage the outer edge J of thebeam G, to which the clip is to attach the T shape, and upon its underside each of the sections B and (Ms provided with two depending lugs E,which lugs are struck down from diagonally-opposite corners of the bodyportion of the section and are inclined downward and inward, beingdesigned to engage the outer edges of the flanged portion K of the Tshape K, which it is designed to attach to the beam G by means of theclip.

From the foregoing description of the clipsections the manner ofattaching and of auto matically locking the sections in place will bereadily understood. It will be seen that the sections of the clip may bereadily attached to the flanged portion of aflanged shape by simplyturning the clip-section at such an angle as to embrace the flangedportion of the shape between the lugs E upon that side of theclip-section, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The section is thenturned so as to cause the lugs E and lugs D of the two sections toengage the outer edges of the flanges of the two flanged shapes,respectively, as shown in Fig. 1, when forced together, a slight b'lowimparted by a hammer to the corner H diagonally opposite the notchedinner edge B of the section serving to force the notched edge of thesection (3 past the notched edge B of the opposite section B of theclip, when the resiliency of the material of which the clip-sections arecomposed will serve to cause the notches B upon the opposing sections tosecurely interlock and hold the sections against lateral displacement.

It will be noticed that my sectional clip may be readily applied to aflanged shape which has been already secured in place in the frame of abuilding at any point between those already secured and that it will notbe necessary to string or thread the sections of the clip over the edgesof the shape, as has heretofore been the practice. It will also be notedthat the specific form of the clip-sections may be varied in order tohave the same conform to special requirements, such as might benecessited by the use of shapes of various forms of construction, andthe present invention contemplates such changes in the form of the lugsor in the specific form of the construction of the sections as might bethus rendered necessary or desirable.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is i 1. A sectional connecting-clipcomposed of a plurality of interlocking sections, each section havingupon one of its faces a lug to engage one of the outer edges of aflanged shape and its other face provided with lugs to engage the outeredges of another flanged shape at their junction, substantially asdescribed.

2. An interlocking connecting-clip of the character described, thesections of which are provided upon their faces with lugs to engage theouter edges of flanged shapes, the lugs being so positioned withreference to the clipsection as to permit the clip to be attached to afixed flanged shape after the same has been secured in place in theframe of a building, substantially as described.

An interlocking sectional connectingclip, the sections of which are soformed as to adapt them to be attached to one or more flanged shapesafter the same have been secured in a frame of a building, the opposingsections of the clip being adapted to be automatically interlockedagainst lateral displacement, substantially as described and for thepurpose specified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

\VALLACE O. LYON.

\Vitnesses:

FRANKLIN II. HOUGH, N. A. MAvHEW.

